NAME: SHERMAN A. SHUG BLEDSOE, AGE 67, LONGTIME LANE AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 30, 1933 AT ATOKA TO SHERMAN A., SR. AND OLLIE MAY SWEETHEART (CARTWRIGHT) BLEDSOE. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY APRIL 3, 2001 AT HIS HOME NORTH OF LANE, OK. AGE: 67 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LANE AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA IN 1950. HE GRADUATED FROM NORTH TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1956. MARRIED: THELMA ALYNE LAMB ON JUNE 2, 1956 AT SAN ANGELO, TX. OCCUPATION: SHUG WORKED FOR AMERICAN AIRLINES, A T & T, AND HELPED INSTALL THE FIRST DIRECT DIAL SYSTEM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. HE LATER WORKED FOR POLLOCK PAPER COMPANY IN DALLAS, GUARDIAN LIFE INS. CO. AND FOR THE OKLAHOMA CRIME COMMISSION UNDER GOV. HALL. HE WAS ALSO A LANDMAN AND OWNED AND OPERATED BLEDSOE DINER UNTIL HIS HEALTH FORCED HIM TO RETIRE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF GARLAND ROAD CHURCH OF CHRIST WHILE LIVING IN DALLAS AND A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE LANE CHURCH OF CHRIST WHERE TAUGHT CLASSES, SERVED AS SONG LEADER AND WAS A LONGTIME ELDER. SHUG SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY 45TH DIVISION DURING KOREA AND WAS AN M. P. SHUG WAS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE ATOKA COUNTY VETERANS MEMORIAL. HE SPENT MANY HOURS RESEARCHING THE VETERANS OF ATOKA COUNTY AND WROTE MANY ARTICLES IN ATOKA COUNTY TIMES ENTITLED PORTRAIT OF PATRIOTS. SHUG NEVER MET A STRANGER AND WAS A FRIEND TO ALL. SURVIVED BY WIFE: THELMA BLEDSOE OF THE HOME NEAR LANE, OK. CHILDREN: TONYA BARTON OF ATOKA, OK. BRYAN BLEDSOE AND WIFE CHERYL OF LANE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: MELISSA BLEDSOE OF LANE, OK. SCOTT BLEDSOE OF LANE, OK. JOHN DAVID BLEDSOE OF LANE, OK. MATT JAMES OF ATOKA, OK. WENDY BARTON OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: BILL BLEDSOE AND WIFE GLENDA OF DALLAS, TX. NEPHEW: BILLY BLEDSOE OF DALLAS, TX. NIECE: MICHELLE CORTEZ OF DALLAS, TX. GREAT NIECE: JESSICA CORTEZ OF DALLAS, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: SHERMAN A. SR. AND OLLIE MAY SWEETHEART BLEDSOE.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: LLOYD MCELHANEY. ASSISTING: DAVID HARENDT. CASKETBEARERS: DAVID BARTON, BILL MILLER, SAM HEARRELL, BILLY WAYNE GOODSON, LEON YATES, RON MARBLE, J. W. MOORE, BOBBY RECTOR. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CARL TURNER, PETE SULLIVAN, TOMMY BARRIS, ROYCE THOMAS, RAYMOND DAVIS, WESS SHERRARD, DITTERS COLE, AND ALL THE 45TH INFANTRY MEMBERS HE SERVED WITH.